August 12, 2018

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August 11, 2018

The Lake Oswego, Ore., resident received a letter from someone named Mike Ross informing her that an Aneta Weibel had died and left a $6-million estate. Ross said he wanted to have Emma declared Aneta’s next of kin so she could inherit the bulk of the money, with a modest portion for him for his efforts.

The FBI calls these advance-fee schemes, in which victims pay up front for an expected opportunity or financial windfall. Such ploys resulted in almost $58 million in reported losses last year.

Yeah, I get one just about every year, though I don't play them like this guy did. I have better things to do with my time. It's amusing, though.

August 07, 2018

The washed-up "comedian" can't find a job, so she's made Trump-bashing her new career.

Rosie O’Donnell floated a conspiracy theory that even CNN pundit Chris Cuomo pushed back on because of its patent absurdity.

She claims that Trump draws thousands of people to attend his rallies because he pays them.

A skeptical Cuomo retorted, “I don’t know that that’s why he gets tens of thousands of people at the rallies. I think he captures a lot of emotion for people.” Rosie insisted that Trump does not get “tens of thousands” of attendees at his rallies, even though he has repeatedly filled massive stadiums that hold tens of thousands of people.

As POTUS, he also (gasp!) donates his paycheck to charities. That's got to drive rabid loons like Rosie right around the bend.

Rosie O’ Donnell and a group of Broadway actors arrived in Washington D.C. ready to disrupt President Donald Trump with their protest outside of the White House.

August 05, 2018

Vancouver USA resident Joey Gibson got a permit from the City of Portland (CoPo) for his gang of "patriots" to demonstrate and march along the Willamette waterfront yesterday, and naturally a horde of hooded and masked so-called "antifa" types showed up with no city permit and began doing their usual stuff. It was really cute when the CoPo cops issued orders for them to move along to the west:

Protesters threw rocks and bottles at police. A reporter for The Oregonian, Eder Campuzano, was struck by a projectile during the melee and was seen bleeding from his forehead.

Then the cops deployed explosive devices and chemical irritants. Suddenly, the little thugs decided it was time to run down "their streets" to get away from the cops.

"All cops are bastards," the fleeing protesters screamed.

A group called Rose City Antifa started in Portland more than a decade ago, and its members, often masked, have shown themselves to be as interested in breaking windows, vandalizing businesses and challenging the police as fighting the right wing.

August 04, 2018

Soon, when you order a breakfast sandwich or a scramble at New Seasons Market, a local chain in Portland, Seattle, and Northern California, you’ll bite into a yellow, fluffy food that tastes just like an egg, but did not, in fact, come from an animal. Instead, what you’ll be eating is a mung bean, a legume that people have been eating for thousands of years that, when ground into a liquid, happens to scramble and gel just like an egg.

Hey, if I want mung, I'll tell 'em. There's a New Seasons right down at the bottom of the mountain, here. I've not been there in years; the smug just got to be too much.

Now, chickens are environmental hazards. When I had a few dozen of them, I just let them and the two dozen ducks loose to forage on the back acreage. No environmental damage that I could discern. Plenty of eggs back in the coop, though.

August 03, 2018

The roofing contractor was driving through Chingford in North East London when he was pulled over by Waltham Forest Council workers. Stewart Gosling, 43, kept the stash of empty crisp packets and water bottles in a plastic commercial waste bag in the back of his white van. But when he was pulled over by council workers carrying out spot checks, they told him he was breaking the law for carrying the rubbish without permission.

Upon inspection, the Council "workers" also discovered sandwich wrappers in the bag, so this was clearly an offense as he has no license to carry his own rubbish in a bag in his own van - and so they fined him £300.

Well, you can see how this would be a problem in England. In the future, he should just toss stuff out the window as he drives.

August 01, 2018

A judge on Tuesday found Portland activist Micah Rhodes violated his probation for sex crimes after he was seen near a 15-year-old boy during the recent ICE encampment. Rhodes, a one-time leader of Portland's Resistance protest group, was convicted this year of sex abuse for having illicit sexual contact with a 17-year-old girl in Washington County and a 17-year-old boy in Multnomah County. The abuse occurred in 2014 and 2015, and Rhodes was 20 and 21 years old at the time.

They claim he has a health condition that prevents him from keeping food down unless he's allowed to smoke rope. He's been in the Washington County jail since July 19, so some have expressed concern about his nutritional health. That actually seems to be the least of his issues.

And I think that if the guy violated his probation, he should be sent to the Gray Bar Hotel for at least the state-recommended sentencing period.

Little "man-bun" seems to think he can do whatever he wants, because he's an "activist". He's overdue for a lengthy reality-check.

A Canadian province has ditched a universal basic income welfare program after the government found it was “not sustainable,” making it the latest around the globe to scrap the plan.

Ontario: "We tried it; it sucks". Finland came to the same conclusion. But uber-wealthy cities like Stockton, California are sure they can make it work:

Stockton, Calif. Is set to become the first in the U.S. to take on the experiment, with a plan to pay 100 residents $500 a month without any conditions. The program’s purpose is to eventually ensure that no one in Stockton, with a population of 300,000, lives in poverty. The receivers of the cash will be able to spend the money on anything they want without any rules or regulations.

And that other paragon of fiscal responsibility, Chicago, is considering rolling out a similar program - which is great, because ammo prices are rising.

July 31, 2018

PORTLAND, Ore. – Mayor Ted Wheeler is being accused of violating the U.S. Constitution after city police didn't respond to some 911 calls placed by federal immigration employees during a five-week-long protest in Southwest Portland.

The union representing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement employees alleges Wheeler violated the 14th Amendment, which guarantees citizens equal protection of law enforcement.

On June 20, the day the protest first shut down the ICE facility, Mayor Wheeler – who is also the police commissioner – announced he would not involve the city’s police department in the protest.

"I want to be very clear that I do not want the Portland police to be engaged or sucked into a conflict, particularly from a federal agency that I believe is on the wrong track. If they are looking for a bailout from this mayor, they are looking in the wrong place," Wheeler said.

Teddy doesn't seem to understand that as "police commissioner", his job is to maintain order based upon law, not upon his personal whim. Enforcement isn't a "bailout". By rights, he should be recalled now, rather than allowed to serve out the remainder of his term.

The letter demands Wheeler to make an apology and ensure the city’s police will protect all citizens in need, including those working for a federal agency. A letter advises that the city could be sued if the mayor’s response isn’t adequate.

These "peaceful protesters" were throwing boards with protruding nails at officers and staff, among other things, and Teddy supports them.

July 30, 2018

Josh Collins and his wife, Jessica Salazar Collins, were notified by Bank of America that Josh, who was born in Wichita, had to prove his citizenship. They thought it was a scam until the bank cut off access to their assets. The Collins family, Joshua Collins (from left), Jessica Salazar Collins, Trinidad Collins and Josh Collins live in Roeland Park.

They've been banking there for 20 years, but it took several days and a trip to the bank to get access to their money restored. In the interim, the family apparently had several autopay accounts, only to find that B of A had wiped them. The family plans to move to a different bank.

Bank of America said it was standard practice to ask about citizen status when opening a new account or updating customer information on an existing one. But according to the California Bankers Association, the largest state affiliate of the national association, questions of citizenship are not federally required. “Not to our knowledge,” said the spokeswoman, Beth Mills.